Our group of three including Luke Markus of Osceloa, Wisconsin and Jarrid Houston of South Range caught several walleyes in the 12- to 16-inch class and one around 20 inches in the morning fishing in 6-8 feet of water. Dave Genz and his daughter, Kathy Roberts, joined us later hoping to scratch off one more item from his lifelong ice-fishing bucket list.
December 18, 2020
CELEBRATING WOMEN ANGLERS
Nobody has a “crappie” day when a bunch of ladies get together to go ice fishing! The Ladies Midwest Meetup ice-fishing event, which grew organically on social media, plans to expand even more. Photo by Natalie Dillon
Pursuing their passion, women are a growing demographic in the sport of ice fishing
Some say fishing is the great equalizer. You don’t necessarily have to be of a specific athletic build to be good at it or to participate in tournaments, unlike football or basketball. This is one reason why high school fishing teams have started taking off.
In North Dakota, accessing some of our winter fisheries has changed. With SnoBears and other tracked vehicles that can go just about anywhere, people are getting to some of these more remote lakes that used to maybe only get pressured seven out of 10 years. The other three years access would be close to zero because of deep snow, said North Dakota Game and Fish Department fisheries division chief Greg Power. Now anglers can get to them every year and they are good at what they do. They find fish and they catch fish.
The question is whether fish populations can withstand the technological onslaught.